<MagicItem Name="Skullsoul">
  <Aura>strong necromancy</Aura>
  <CL>18</CL>
  <Slot>none</Slot>
  <Price>
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  <Weight>8 lbs.</Weight>
  <Description>This grim, alabaster figurine is the size of a human skull with an elaborately sculpted base. The Skullsoul is inert until it is bonded with a living creature. It then becomes a powerful and never-questioning companion. The Skullsoul functions as a demilich (Bestiary 3 66) without the devour soul, rejuvenation, telekinetic storm, and torpor abilities, and with a hardness of 10. It is under the complete control of whoever bonds with the skull. Bonding with the Skullsoul is a ritual that takes 24 hours to perform, and doing so is an evil act. Paladins and good clerics who do so become ex-paladins and ex-clerics respectively. If they wish to atone, they must intercede with their deities (expending 2,500 gp in rare incense and offerings) and must promise to contain the skull.</Description>
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  <Cost>
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  <Group>Artifact</Group>
  <Source>Ultimate Equipment</Source>
  <AL>
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  <Int>
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  <Wis>
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  <Cha>
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  <Ego>
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  <Communication>
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  <Senses>
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  <Powers>
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  <Destruction>The Skullsoul cannot be destroyed but it can be contained. As long as the Skullsoul stays pierced by either a weapon with the vorpal special ability or a holy avenger, it is contained and entirely inert until the sword is removed.</Destruction>
  <MinorArtifactFlag>0</MinorArtifactFlag>
  <MajorArtifactFlag>1</MajorArtifactFlag>
  <Abjuration>0</Abjuration>
  <Conjuration>0</Conjuration>
  <Divination>0</Divination>
  <Enchantment>0</Enchantment>
  <Evocation>0</Evocation>
  <Necromancy>1</Necromancy>
  <Transmutation>0</Transmutation>
  <AuraStrength>strong</AuraStrength>
  <WeightValue>8</WeightValue>
  <PriceValue>0</PriceValue>
  <CostValue>0</CostValue>
  <Languages>
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  <BaseItem>
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  <id>2527</id>
  <Mythic>0</Mythic>
  <LegendaryWeapon>0</LegendaryWeapon>
  <Illusion>0</Illusion>
  <Universal>0</Universal>
</MagicItem>